The last week has been a busy one for us as we cruise into Academy Awards weekend. Ann has been baking cakes and cookies all week. The main dessert this year will taste incredible. Three different types of cake each with a different type of filling. Good stuff. She's also been shopping up a storm and she decorated the house to get us into "Movie Mode."
Today she prepared the cakes and got them filled. Tonight we will assemble and carve the cake and she will apply "the crumb coat" to protect and seal the cake. The main decorating of the cake will take place tomorrow.
We also cooked over 12 pounds of beef in three bottles of wine to prepare for one of the main dishes. Ann got additional work done on several other dishes and I've been busy creating placecards for each dish.
It's very important to note that my father put in some pretty serious time getting the website up and running and in better shape even than last year. The scoring system should be highly robust this year (no gripes!). Also, my brother-in-law James worked to create the logo/banner on the website incorporating several of this year's nominated films' posters along with a special poster he designed just for me. See if you can spot it at: www.thesarnowskis.com/oscars
Tonight is cake assembly, additional cooking, and prep. Tomorrow is final decorating, additional shopping, cooking all day, and a quick final clean before the show begins. Somewhere in there I need to get my picks done!
Danny.
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